Top for furniture.



E. OHNSTRAND.

TOP FOR FURNITURE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9. 1 912. RENEWED MAIL-9.1916.

Patented OctglO, 1916.

Q i i Cir UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ENOCH OHNSTRAND, OF SYRACUSE. NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO U. S. STEEL FURNITURE COMPANY, OF SYRACUSE. NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TOP FOR FURNITURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented ()et. 10, 1916.

Application filed November 9. 1912, Serial No. 730.411. Renewed March 9. 1916. Serial No. 88,169.

To all whom it may ronw'rn.

Be it known that l. .llxocu Ouxs'rnaxn, of Symon in the county of Onondaga and State of New York. have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tops for Furniture. which improv -|nentis fullf set forth in the following speciliizntion. and shown in the accompanying drawings.

The present invention relates furniture and an objectof the provide a uimstrurtiun whereby the 30st of manufm-turing such top ma) be reduced.

To this and other ends the invention consists in certain parts and combinations of parts all of wl'iich will be hereinafter dcseribed. the novel features being pointedout in the appended elaii'ns.

In the drawings: Figure l is a vertical section through a top: Fiff is a similar section in detail and enlarged; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the auxiliary top plate on which the covering rests.

The present invention is ,an improvement upon that type of top shown in an applieation for patent tiled by me on the 7th day of September. 1912, Serial #719,246. In one of the en'ibodimeniis shown .in said applicailicm there is employed. as here. a base C(HIipIlSillg a lower sheet. metal plate 1 and an upper sheetmet-al plate '2. The lower sheet is bent downwardly near its margin :15 at 3, thence outwardly as atl and finally upwardly as at 5, the extreme outer edge 6 lying above the top surface of the sheet 1 and being turned inwardl slightly and prc vided with a knife edge. The second piece of sheet material 2- is riveted or otherwise secured at- 7 to the sheet 1 and has its edges projecting over the marginal channel formed by the portions 3. 4, and 5.

In the previous construction. it was necessary to make sheet 2 of heavy material in order that pressure on the edges over the channel would not bend such plate or sheet. The present improvement permits this shut-i in he made of much thinner material and in "way the most of manufacture of the top I: rei'lucc-d. 'ith this object in view the margin or edge; of the sheetor plate 2 is supported bring prcferalilly provided ith z:

to tops for same. is to downwardly-turned flange 8, the lower edge of which rests upon the bottom of the channel or .in engagement with the upper surface of the outwaidly-turned mrtion 4 and acts as a support for that portion of the plate '2 above the channel.

The covering 9 which may be of any suit-- able material is. in my lIQI'ClIlbOfUl'C mentioned application. preferably a sheet of linoleum and fitted to the top by bulging the same centrally t-l'irougl'i the medium of a to l introilueed through the alined openings 1." in the plates 1 and 2 to cause the lOlllli'lti'l edges of the covering to pass beneath the inwardly-tnrne l edges 'Whnt- I claim and, desire to se ure by Len [.(rls Pate-lit 15 .2

.1. In a top for ifiu'uiture. a sheet metal plate hem near its edges.dm'vn\\'anll v. outwardlv and upwardly. the upper free edges I lying above the top surl'mJe ot the plate, a

second sheet of material sul h tedon. the

firsi nauwd sheet. and having its edges extending o er the ehaninels formed in the first-named sheet. means for supin'irting the extending edges of the set-mid uuun-il sheet. and a covering resting on .ihe si-w'nnl-nmned sheetand having its edges protected by the upwardly-tnrut-(l lmltlulh of the first-named sheet.

2. in a t p for furniture. a sheet metal plate ent near its edges dowmvardiv. outwardly and u 'nvurillv. the upper free wiles lying above the top surface o't thc plate. :1 r -lati\'el thinner 510((Dlltl sheet of: material si pp l'led on the first-named sheet and haw ing its edges extending over the channels formed in the lirstnalned sheet. the (L195 of the secoiid-named sheet having portions extending i'lownwardly therefrom and cooperating with the bottom of the channel. nnd'n covering resting on the second-nanml sheet. having its edges engaging and protected by the np\vardly-turned portions of the firstnann-d sheet. 

